种族歧视缓和了社会政治讨论和种族少数群体大学生内部化问题之间的关联
1Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology
|July 10, 2023
概括
社会政治讨论可能会增加种族少数群体的大学生内部化问题,种族歧视较少,特别是在选举期间. 这凸显了为这些对话提供支持的校园环境的需要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 种族歧视对种族少数群体大学生的心理健康产生重大影响.
- 在大学生中,社会政治讨论很普遍,特别是在选举期间.
- 了解社会政治参与,歧视和心理健康之间的相互作用对这一群体来说至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查种族歧视如何调节种族少数群体大学生中社会政治讨论和心理健康之间的联系.
- 调查这种关联在选举年和非选举年之间是否有所不同.
主要方法:
- 两个种族少数群体大学生样本 (2020年N=225,2021年N=262) 报告了种族歧视的经历,社会政治讨论的频率 (朋友/家人) 和心理健康.
- 使用统计分析来测试种族歧视的缓和效应和选举年的影响.
主要成果:
- 与朋友进行更频繁的社会政治讨论与增加的内化问题有关,只有那些几乎没有种族歧视的学生才会有这种问题.
- 在一年后招募的第二个样本中,这种缓和效应并不显著,这表明选举年背景可能很重要.
- 与家庭的讨论没有显示出与内化问题有显著的关联.
结论:
- 在选举期间,与朋友频繁的社会政治讨论可能与种族少数群体学生的更大内化问题有关,而种族歧视水平较低.
- 这可能是由于在不太受歧视的学生中对这些对话的准备或动机较少.
- 未来的研究应该探索培养校园健康社会政治话语的策略,同时减轻负面心理健康影响.
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